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adjective
1.
unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development: a precocious child.
2.
prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc.
3.
of or pertaining to premature development.
4.
Botany.
a.
flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit.
b.
bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants.
c.
appearing before leaves, as flowers.
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Example Sentences
- However much fun they are having, the kids are affected by this precocious professionalism of theirs.
- As a precocious and retiring 4-year-old, the author tells us, she began reading anything she could lay her hands on.
- It sounds to me that the whale was pushed out of the pod for being precocious.
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| Main Entry: | precocious1 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | pertaining to uncharacteristically early development, esp. in maturity |
| Etymology: | Latin prae- + coquere 'to cook' |
| Main Entry: | precocious2 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | appearing early, as flowers; early in development |
| Etymology: | Latin prae- + coquere 'to cook' |
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Word Origin & History
precocious
1650, "developed before the usual time," from L. præcox (gen. præcocis) "maturing early," from præ- "before" + coquere "to ripen," lit. "to cook" (see cook (n.)). Originally of flowers or fruits. Fig. use, of persons, dates from 1678.
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Medical Dictionary
precocious pre·co·cious (prĭ-kō'shəs)
adj.
Showing unusually early development or maturity.
pre·coc'ity (-kŏs'ĭ-tē) or pre·co'cious·ness n.
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Science Dictionary
precocious  (prĭ-kō'shəs) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or having flowers that blossom before the leaves emerge. Some species of magnolias are precocious. |
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